Front:
NEWPORT, R. I.
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Training Station-Group of Middies.
& Long, Long ago - Long, Tong ago
Back:
Rega] Postcard No 5558, ****
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.
Raphael Tuck & Sons,
러시 매이상
TRAINING
cipal training
at Newport.
STATION-GROUP OF MIDDIES. The prin.
station for enlisted men and for apprentices is
"Middies" is an abbreviation of midshipmen,
a title in the U. S. Navy substituted for naval cadet, and
ranking next below ensign. The term is derived from the
fact that in the British navy the cadets were given quarters
amidships.
TRADE MARK
